Add-in Express supports creating COM add-ins for Office 2000 – 2010. Office 2000, XP and 2003 have a traditional command bar-based user interface, while Office 2007 is partially and Office 2010 is fully ribbonized. “How is it possible to support both types of user interfaces in one COM add-in project?” you may ask.

Here is the answer. All Add-in Express command bar oriented components have the UseForRibbon property. In most of those components (for instance, ADXCommandBar andADXOlInspectorCommandBar), the UseForRibbon property is set to False by default, i.e. the components are not going to be used automatically in Ribbon-based host applications like Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint etc.

Note.The ADXOlExplorerCommandBar component has the UseForRibbon property set to True by default. You need to change this property in the AddinInitialize event handler at run-time if you want to use an ADXRibbonTab in an Outlook 2010 Explorer window. You can check the version of the host application in which your add-in is run by using the HostVersion property.

This technology is now available for our custom development services only. Based on the Add-in Express for Office core, it is designed for building custom-tailored Office add-ins with far less coding than you usually have to do. Plus, it includes all Add-in Express features such as True RAD, visual designers, Outlook view and form regions, etc.

Get the best platform for building version-neutral, fast and easy deployable plug-ins by using Add-in Express projects templates, visual designers, components and wizards in combination with a perfect Delphi compiler.

This is an extension for Visual Studio that allows developers to quickly create WiX-based setup projects in a familiar Visual Studio way.

The Designer for WiX Toolset lets you forget the plain Windows Installer XML and concentrate on your deployment logic. It integrates several editors with the Visual Studio IDE and provides a set of vdproj designers to configure the file system, registry, user interface, custom actions, launch conditions and more for your setup projects.

The innovative technology for customizing Outlook views and forms. It is included in all Add-in Express for Office products and can be used to extend Outlook views, e-mail, task and appointment windows, To-Do bar, Reading and Navigation panes with your own custom sub-panes.

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